MIz Kitty, you are one of my great heroes here, too. Sticking it out for 19 months until reaching goal--what a fabulous accomplishment for all of us to keep in mind when we feel we are not making progress fast enough
Oh YOU and your adorable blue bike!! Love that Avatar!
Isnt it amazing how well fasting works for so many of us? And how little effort is involved once we get into it and make it through those first few days or weeks. I remember the first time I found some posts about this at another site. It really seemed impossible at the time (about 15 months ago) to imagine that I could try it and be successful--never thought I could go 18-19 hours without eating. But several people at that board were having great luck (some were even combining IF with LC) and so I decided to try it. (I lost 12 pounds in about 8 weeks--then on a long trip, went off the reservation and gained it back) At this point, after returning to LC and 19 hr fast, I am down to within 3 pounds of my weight a year ago.)
But the odd thing is that although I am just bouncing back and forth from 172-171-172 and back again, I am continuing to lose inches. And losing lots of them according to a blouse I put on this AM which I have not been able to button at this weight before. So fasting must be "re-arranging my fat."
And I feel wonderfully energetic and cheerful (no nasty insulin spikes or BG drops) . Was supposed to end my fast today at 2, but got busy and gone on errands and waited and ate a full, normal LC "dinner" meal at 5:00 with DH and even then was not hungry--didnt care if I ate or not. About the only disadvantage to this WOE: I get full very quickly these days so have a hard time getting all my water in.
I still have to add a regular exercise component to my life, but put in 20 minutes yesterday morning and will do more tomorrow (cant do it at night, it "zings" me up too much.)
I recently finished reading the series of posts from all of you who participated in the multi-day fasts last winter and was fascinated by your results and your observations. This is a wonderfully inspiring series of threads dedicated to IF and is a very effective way to learn about fasting successfully and how to stick with it.
I'd like to recommend to all the new readers/joiners here who want to do IF to take a few minutes--if possible--each time you come to ALCF (and this thread) to go back to past threads in the IF series and read a few pages from them each day. They are both educational and inspiring and well worth taking the time to read
Thanks everyone for your generosity in sharing! During my times as a Lurker here , I have come to feel like you are dear delightful, very special, friends.